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FIGURE 8.3
Checking the assumption of multivariate linearity of the dependent variable: (A) using principal
components analysis; (B) using two shape variables on each other (the two uniform components).
scalar values. Because we are dealing with a multivariate system, the test for the signifi-
cance of the regression is different from the bivariate case. The classical, analytic multivari-
ate statistical approach uses Wilks' Lambda,
Λ
, which is:
det
ðΣ
Þ
P
Λ
5
(8.14)
det
ðΣÞ
